Research Scientist

3 weeks ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Oxford Nanopore Technologies Full time

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.

Oxford Nanopore's sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-long read lengths. Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere

We are looking for a Research Scientist to join the Nanopore Research Team. This exciting and challenging role will be responsible for accelerating our efforts to improve the performance of our baseline nanopores and will also contribute to the development of novel biological nanopores for an increasing range of applications, including protein sequencing.

The Details...

The successful candidate will be responsible for the design, expression and purification, electrophysiological characterisation and the subsequent analysis of a range of nanopores.

What We're Looking For...

The candidate will be in possession of a BSc in biochemistry, physics, biology, chemistry or equivalent. Knowledge of protein structure, membrane proteins and their expression and purification would be advantageous. Furthermore, experience of using the linux operating system, python based data analysis and R is highly desirable.

Applications are encouraged from candidates who can adapt quickly to new challenges and enjoy working with an agile approach to research. The successful candidate will need to work meticulously to a high standard and be able to perform well under pressure to meet deadlines in a demanding and fast paced environment.

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary. Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of which make for a wonderful working environment.

If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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